mes

Name: mes, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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[ˈmes]

/[ˈmes]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“mes” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #403) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#403
frequency rank, Spanish: 3,868
“M” headwords: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cada una de las doce partes, de duración variable según el sistema pero similar al ciclo lunar, en que se divide el año.

Corpus desk

Index ES-mes · mes · Spanish

mes · rank #403 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-CORE #403
LEN-MID 3 letters
VOW-1 1 vowel
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-0 0 variants
BOOK-MID 3,868
PHOTO-FINISH hijos

Nearest frequency peer: hijos (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

derechos

99,602
ello

99,601
estás

99,600
hijos

99,599
mes

99,598
usted

99,596

What this shows Bars show where “mes” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

mes vs mi

33% similar

mes vs mm

33% similar

mes vs my

33% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for mes
Property	Value
Headword	mes
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[ˈmes]
Letters	3
Frequency rank	#403
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Dónde se sitúa “mes” en la frecuencia del español

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.mescae aquí:

#403

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “hijos” (#402), “estás” (#401), “usted” (#405). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for mes is neighbouring look-alikes ("mi", "mm", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [ˈmes]. Frequency #403 among 3,868 “M” headwords. 5 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for mes, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mi", "mm", "my", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is mes, spelled M-E-S.

Definition

1
Cada una de las doce partes, de duración variable según el sistema pero similar al ciclo lunar, en que se divide el año.
2
Período entre una fecha de un mes₁ y la equivalente del siguiente.
3
Más simplemente, período de 30 días, usado para los cálculos económicos y legales.
4
Salario o pago correspondiente a un mes₃.
5
Proceso cíclico fisiológico de las mujeres y hembras sexualmente maduras de los primates catarrinos, en que el cuerpo se prepara para un eventual embarazo, produciéndose al final del ciclo un sangrado vaginal fruto de la descamación del endometrio si no se ha producido la implantación de un embrión.

Synonyms

mensualidad mesada menstruación período periodo regla

This word in other languages

month(English)mois(Français)Monat(Deutsch)mês(Português)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mes"?

"mes" is spelled M-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmes].

What does "mes" mean?

As a noun, "mes" means: Cada una de las doce partes, de duración variable según el sistema pero similar al ciclo lunar, en que se divide el año.

What words are commonly confused with "mes"?

"mes" is commonly confused with "mi", "mm", "my". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "mes"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mes" is [ˈmes]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "mes" come from?

"mes" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mes", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

veo#390 mil#379 web#427 paz#435

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"mes" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "mi". View pair
Usage frequency rank #403 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.